Google Code Jam
| Google Code Jam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Years active | 2003- |
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
| Attendance | 27,170 (2016) |
| Budget | 15,000$ for winner, smaller prizes for runners-up |
| Patron(s) | |
| Website | |
| https://code.google.com/codejam/ | |
Google Code Jam is an international programming competition hosted and administered by Google. The competition began in 2003 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Google. The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions.
Google Code Jam structure (2016). Numbers denote how many people advance to the next round. Colors denote format of the competition: yellow – you run your code locally and submit results and the source, blue – you submit your code and Google runs it in a distributed environment.
In 2008, over 11,000 people from more than 128 countries competed for prize money totaling over $80,000, including a top prize of $10,000.[1]
Past winners
| Tournament | Finals location | Competitors | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New York City, New York, United States | 27,170 |  Gennady Korotkevich |
 Kevin Atienza |
 Egor Kulikov |
| 2015 | Seattle, Washington, United States | 23,296 | Gennady Korotkevich |
 Makoto Soejima |
 Bruce Merry |
| 2014 | Los Angeles, United States | 25,462 | Gennady Korotkevich |
Evgeny Kapun |
 Yuzhou Gu |
| 2013 | London, United Kingdom | 21,273 | Ivan Metelsky |
 Vasil Bileckiy |
Vladislav Isenbaev |
| 2012 | New York City, United States | 20,613 |  Jakub Pachocki |
 Neal Wu |
 Michal Forišek |
| 2011 | Tokyo, Japan | 14,397 | Makoto Soejima |
Ivan Metelsky |
Jakub Pachocki |
| 2010 | Dublin, Ireland | 12,092 | Egor Kulikov |
 Erik-Jan Krijgsman |
Sergey Kopeliovich |
| 2009 | Mountain View, California, United States | 8,289 | Tiancheng Lou |
Zichao Qi |
Yoichi Iwata |
| 2008 | Mountain View, California, United States | 7,154 | Tiancheng Lou |
Zeyuan Zhu |
Bruce Merry |
| 2006 | New York City, United States | ? | Petr Mitrichev |
Ying Wang |
Andrey Stankevich |
| 2005 | Mountain View, California, United States | ? | Marek Cygan |
Erik-Jan Krijgsman |
Petr Mitrichev |
| 2004 | Mountain View, California, United States | ? |  Sergio Sancho |
Po Ruh Loh |
Reid Barton |
| 2003 | Mountain View, California, United States | ? |  Jimmy Mårdell |
 Christopher Hendrie |
Eugene Vasilchenko |
Results by country
| Country | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus |
4 | 1 | 0 |
| China |
2 | 3 | 1 |
| Russia |
2 | 1 | 6 |
| Poland |
2 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| USA |
0 | 2 | 1 |
| Netherlands |
0 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ukraine |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Philippines |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa |
0 | 0 | 2 |
| Slovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 |
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